SEASON 1S81-82. 



HARVEST-TIME. 





r.RTAINLY, 

 the leaf 

 is not 

 off the 

 hedge- 

 row, the 

 corn 

 scarce!}^ 

 off the 

 fields— 

 bnt the 

 ^v o r k 



that hound and liorn have already found to do has been full}^ 

 as exciting, twice as health-giving, as the other sport ushered 

 in by October with beater and spaniel. A hot corner has its 

 charms ; but a cool corner, with the last cub fled, and the 

 Master's order just uttered " Tjct them go after him" is better 

 still on a fresh morning — when the ground is fit to ride, when 

 a young horse is fretting for action, and a man would still 

 fancy himself young. 



Call it cubhunthig or call it w^hat you like, there will be few 

 merrier mornings before Christmas than that of the Quorn on 

 the last day of September. A small field, a rare scent, and 

 two smart gallops over the best of giass — what more is wanted 

 to make up a day's|^sport ? Could men ride to it ? Yes, and 

 thrust and hustle and]^skirt as fast as hounds could take them 

 — for there was[^room and choice of place for every one ; none 



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